When young American men and women sign up to serve in the US military, our government makes a basic promise to them: that if they are wounded in the line of duty they will get the care they need. Unfortunately, for tens of thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, that's a promise that only exists on paper.
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This panel will cover the killing and injuring of innocent civilians and unarmed combatants, as well as the destruction of the property, infrastructure and natural resources of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jason Lemieux is a former Marine Corps Sergeant, who did three tours as an infantryman in Iraq. After returning from Iraq, he was banned from marching in Long Beach, California’s Veterans Day parade in an “Iraq Veterans Against the War” T-Shirt, because the organizers said it was a non-political event.
Corporal Jason Washburn did three tours in Iraq including the invasion. On his first tour, California native was stationed in Sadr City for a while and eventually settled in to Al Hillah. On his second tour in '04-'05 he fought Al Sadr and the Mahdi Army in Najaf. During my third and final tour in '05-'06, he served in Haditha and much of Anbar Province. A squad in his unit was responsible for the massacre of 26 civilians in Haditha in November 2005.
From the "Rules of Engagement: Part Two" Panel.
Vincent Emanuele served in the Marine Corps in Iraq in the Spring of 2003 and again in the winter of 2004-2005. He turned against the war because of the poor condition of the military equipment used by American soldiers in the war-zone.
